Elk Grove 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County. 35 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Elk Grove in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $100,635, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$56,566 to $122,640

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$100,635

median base $76,782 · median overtime $9,164

Most of Elk Grove's 911 dispatchers (23 of 35) hold the title Dispatcher, with an official range of $70,715 to $94,764. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $100,353, $5,589 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
35
21 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$9,164
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
employer pays a median $6,379 a year
Health, dental and vision
$12,816
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Elk Grove pay?

Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks what full-year staff in that title took home (median), where at least 5 people stand behind it.1

  1. 911 Call Taker$56,566 to $75,803 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Dispatcher$70,715 to $94,764 · 23 people
    $100,353
  3. Intermittent Dispatcher Part Time$70,715 to $94,764 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Retired Annuitant-Dispatcher$70,715 to $94,764 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Dispatch Supervisor$91,515 to $122,640 · 6 people
    $148,875

official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Elk Grove pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Sacramento County?

Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Elk Grove next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Elk Grove took home $9,701 less than the Sacramento County median and $20,273 less than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Elk Grove

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Elk Grove?

911 dispatchers at Elk Grove who worked the full year took home a median of $100,635 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $56,566 to $122,640.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Elk Grove earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $9,164 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $76,782.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Elk Grove get?

The most common pension formula among Elk Grove's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $6,379 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Elk Grove figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Elk Grove at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Take-home is total wages, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Medians don't add up: the median base plus the median overtime isn't the median total. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Elk Grove.

How we read the data